N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)
2023-03-16 20:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-16 21:00 - 22:00, 2023-03-17 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-03-17 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-03-17 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-03-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-17 20:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-17 21:00 - 22:00 UTC and 12 more dates | Center for the Arts at Kayenta
Andrew Schneider (New York)
INSTALLATION / THEATER
March 9-19, 2023

TICKETS: $10-$35
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater
This new, one-of-a-kind, immersive experience comes from the mind of New York-based theater/technology pioneer Andrew Schneider. N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars) draws on inspirations as broad as seeing the Milky Way for the first time to installations such as Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room and Random International’s Rain Room.
Moving beyond an immersive gallery experience, the stars’ unseen narrator guides each visitor through a theatrical cosmos of their own individual journey. Nearly 5,000 reactive points of light and a 496-channel sound system envelop each audience member. The Stars invites viewers to become active explorers – as they discover the traces of themselves in light, the universe, and those who have been here before us.
This is a non-seated, interactive environment filling the entirety of the Center’s black box theater. Audience members are free to move around the space, and are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes. Special accommodations are available for those who cannot stand or walk without assistance. Recommended for ages 16 and older.
Development of NOWISWHENWEARE was made possible with support from The Brown Arts Institute, The Simons Foundation and Science Sandbox, The Onassis Foundation, The Sundance Institute Interdisciplinary Program, and Eliko Industries. This project was produced with Los Angeles Performance Practice / performancepractice.org

GUIDED PERFORMANCE: $35 general admission / $10 students
A one-hour long crafted experience, for up to 8 audience members at a time. This theatrical experience features a beginning, middle and end, all guided by an unseen narrator.
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Voyager Lecture Series: Jurassic World: Could It Become a Reality
2023-03-21 19:30 - 21:30
Presented by Jerry Harris

LECTURES & IDEAS
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 7:30pm
Social Hour with Like-Minded Friends: 6:30pm
The Lorraine Boccardo Theater

The Voyager Lecture Series are evenings to inspire curiosity and wonder. Now in our sixth season, we’ve expanded our wildly popular series to include new guest speakers who will entertain us with thoughtful and exciting stories ranging from the mysteries of pre-recorded history to mysteries of the cosmos.

Our March lecture is presented by Jerry Harris, Director of Paleontology at Utah Tech University. Learn about what the filmmakers of Jurassic Park got right about the past – and future – of dinosaurs on earth.

Dr. Jerry Harris was born at a very early age in Chicago, Illinois. Shortly thereafter, he became enamored with dinosaurs, and his continued fascination with them proves that he’s never quite grown up completely. With a few hiccups along the way, and by continually moving across the country, he has earned B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in the geosciences, focusing on vertebrate paleontology. He has worked at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science; he is currently the Director of Paleontology and a Professor of Geology at Utah Tech University and is the scientific advisor to the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm in St. George.

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Coyote Tales
2023-03-24 19:30 - 21:30
STORYTELLING
The Night’s Theme: BUSTED
Coyote Tales are live, open-mic style storytelling events with amateur and experienced storytellers. Each event has a theme on which stories are to be based. Potential storytellers may address the theme in any way they choose. Prior to the event, storytellers craft their true, on-theme story, practice the telling (5-7 minutes or less), and work on eliminating excess detail to nail the perfect ending. When the doors open, potential storytellers put their name in the hat in hopes of being chosen to share their tale. If chosen, the storyteller takes the stage to delight the audience.

To Learn More: CoyoteTalesStories.com

Coyote Tales is funded by Petite Feast, Utah Humanities, Utah Arts & Parks, Desert Dweller Realty, and Kayenta Homes and Properties.
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Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin Jazz Band
2023-03-25 19:30 - 21:30
Born in the “Charm City” of Baltimore, Dee-Dee has been delighting audiences with her mixture of jazz standards, R&B, soul and funk for a quarter of a century. While making sweet sounds Dee-Dee also discovered the acting bug and has performed in countless regional theater productions and discovered her love of jazz while performing to sold out shows in the lead role in Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill for Pygmalion Theater Company in Salt Lake City, Utah. Folks have been lining up to see her ever since.

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Soiree Musicale Classical Concerts: Piano Quintets of Schumann and Shostakovich
2023-04-01 19:30 - 21:30
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Soiree Musicale presents a masterful performance of Piano Quintets of Schumann and Shostakovich, featuring Christian Bohnenstengel (piano), Urs Rutishauser (violin), Joie Whittaker (violin), Tara Tichner (violin), Linda Ghidossi-DeLuca (viola), and Ka-wai Yu (cello).

Soiree Musicale is organized by Urs Rutishauser with support from Eve Whetton.
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Street Painting Festival
2023-04-15 10:00 - 18:00, 2023-04-16 10:00 - 18:00
OUTDOOR FESTIVAL
April 15 & 16, 2023, 10:00am-6:00pm
FREE / Kayenta Art Village

A Full Weekend of Family Fun with Street Chalk Art created by Regional School Student Artists!

Their chalk street art will amaze and inspire you. Something to slow down and watch unfold as they map out, design and sketch their colorful drawings. Satisfy your hunger for artistic beauty in the pristine Kayenta Art Village nestled beneath the stunning red rock mountain range. A perfect setting with the sights, smells and sounds of spring, good food, street artists, & entertainment.

SATURDAY • Sketches of the works & student competition, food vendors and on-site entertainment begins 10am – 6pm.

SUNDAY • Local professional artists and students complete their masterpieces. Awards are announced. Fun and pride is had by all who participate and attend this annual festival, 10am – 5pm.

Your Optimism is Not Required
2023-04-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-04-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-04-23 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-04-25 19:30 - 21:30
THEATER
Team Sunshine Performance (Philadelphia)
Walton Commons Plaza
YOUR OPTIMISM IS NOT REQUIRED is a performance event, facilitated workshop, and communal gathering all woven into an experience that illuminates the ways we might move immobilizing despair about our world into collective hope and action.
YOUR OPTIMISM IS NOT REQUIRED takes place at an intimate, outdoor performance site encircling a campfire. Guided by two performers, the audience comes to embody characters in the lives of Daughter and Dad: a fictional biracial teenager and her white father on a camping trip confronting futures potentially shaped by environmental and societal crises.
Inspired by renowned Buddhist ecologist Joanna Macy’s work Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy, OPTIMISM is an original piece of participatory theater from Team Sunshine Performance that aims to move despair, anxiety, and hopelessness from immobilizing obstacles to animating forces of human connection.

Director: Alex Torra
Associate Director: Rachel Camp
Performer/Creators: Benjamin Camp and Jackie Soro
Production Designer: Makoto Hirano
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